Shoreline protection

Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (left) and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (right) talk as Lt. Col. Fred Kaehler of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looks on after a news conference at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on Monday announcing federal support for Chicago's Shoreline Project. Four million dollars was secured to replace deteriorating storm-damaged structures along the Lake Michigan shoreline, federal officials said.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (left) and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (right) talk as Lt. Col. Fred Kaehler of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looks on after a news conference at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on Monday announcing federal support for Chicago's Shoreline Project. Four million dollars was secured to replace deteriorating storm-damaged structures along the Lake Michigan shoreline, federal officials said. (Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio)

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (left) and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (right) talk as Lt. Col. Fred Kaehler of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looks on after a news conference at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on Monday announcing federal support for Chicago's Shoreline Project. Four million dollars was secured to replace deteriorating storm-damaged structures along the Lake Michigan shoreline, federal officials said.